Example sentences of "[ex0] have been [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Midland chief executive Brian Pearse admitted : ‘ There has been quite a lot of conjecture about a merger with another leading clearing bank in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | There has been quite a lot of trouble with 7.50 x 16 Avon Rangemaster with the steel tyre cords breaking through the tyre to puncture the tubes , but we have not come across this with the Avon Ranger . |
| 3 | ‘ There has been quite a lot of interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 4 | There has been quite a lot of speculation on the matter in professional circles . ’ |
| 5 | There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits . |
| 6 | There had been rather a lot of funerals at Low Birk Hatt and they were n't inexpensive . |
| 7 | There had been quite a lot of those in the sentences directed at himself . |
| 8 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 9 | I should think Sophie will be OK with her — there 's been quite a lot of contact . ’ |
| 10 | And recently there 's been quite a lot of thin . |
| 11 | There 's been quite a lot of comment in the press erm , on high levels of , of salary of , of remu remuneration for directors and I think it might be helpful er , if I was were t were , were to make some general remarks on the background er , of how we er , approach directors ' remuneration . |
| 12 | Well , there 's been quite a lot of , of , of chat recently that , that erm , because of cross-media ownership erm , companies that are involved in cross-media ownership would have , have problems . |
| 13 | For example in the health field there 's been quite a lot of research at the Institute and , of course in the field , on the effects of different kinds of health policies . |
| 14 | There 's been quite a lot of discussion recently about how many parent governors or parent managers there ought to be in a , in the school system . |